Michael Riedel
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Oscars tales of winners, losers and famous jerk boyfriends
Meryl Streep's funny and cynical memories are among the many stories in the new book, “50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars and Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins.”
Tell me about it, stud: John Travolta’s disastrous audition and other tales of making ‘Grease’
In 1972, the hit Broadway musical “Grease” was ready to go on the road, which meant that a new cast had to be put together. In Los Angeles, an 18-year-old...
Stephen Sondheim was a seismic Broadway force
Stephen Sondheim, who died Friday at 91, was the most feted musical theater legend since Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
'Rent' creator's friends reveal tragic, true tale of 'Tick Tick ... Boom!'
“Tick, Tick…Boom!” — an early musical by Jonathan Larson, who created “Rent” — was born of sadness, anger and frustration, friends and family members tell The Post.
Tony Awards 'Slave Play' shocker: The story of diversity behind big upset
There is going to be fury on Broadway tomorrow, and a lot of sighing, privately, from the people who run the real show.
Broadway teams up with Oprah for campaign heralding NYC's comeback
The three-minute montage "This Is Broadway,” narrated by Oprah Winfrey, captures the history -- and excitement -- of live theater and heralds the return of the Great White Way.
NYC needs another 'I Love NY' campaign to bring Broadway back
How the inspired "I Love New York" campaign lured crowds to Broadway — and a modern-day commercial could do the same again.
Inside Broadway's biggest disaster: 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' turns 10
Ten years after the ill-fated “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” opened on Broadway, Michael Riedel takes a look back at the most expensive — and ill-fated — show in Broadway...
NYC hit-and-run victim identified by family, pals as 'Gone Girl' actress
Actress Lisa Banes was struck in a hit-and-run accident on the Upper West Side of Manhattan this weekend.
Christopher Plummer’s tortured relationship with 'The Sound of Music'
Christopher Plummer had a complicated relationship with "The Sound of Music" -- he even threatened to walk off the picture, which won the 1966 Oscar for Best Picture, at one...
Remembering Broadway’s shining stars who died in 2020
Never in its 125 years has Broadway suffered the way it has in 2020.
How 9/11 brought Broadway to a standstill — until NYC's mayor revived it two days later
9/11 brought Broadway to a standstill — until New York's mayor revived it just two days later.
'Company' producer strives to keep it together
Like every theater producer, Chris Harper, who's behind the buzzy London revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Company," is bucking up his cast, holding his investors together, and waiting for Broadway, dark...
Terrence McNally loomed large through ups, downs on Broadway
The coronavirus continues to devastate Broadway. Two highly anticipated plays — “Hangmen” and the revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — have been scuttled. Actors are sick, among them...
For once, Broadway isn't going to quickly bounce back
As Broadway grapples with the coronavirus crisis, producers have concluded that the Great White Way will not reopen in April, as they’d hoped. The best-case scenario right now is the...
The show will go on: How Broadway will survive coronavirus
With the coronavirus outbreak, Broadway is facing its worst crisis since 9/11. But it got a lifeline, albeit a thin one, from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who yesterday prohibited gatherings of...
Broadway will go dark tonight amid coronavirus panic
Broadway will shut down four to six weeks beginning tonight, due to the coronavirus outbreak, several sources told The Post.
'Beetlejuice' on Broadway loses its Lydia
Sophia Anne Caruso, the talented young star of “Beetlejuice,” surprised a lot of the musical’s fans when she announced on Instagram last week that she'd performed her last show. Actors...
Matthew Broderick, SJP revive Neil Simon comedy 'Plaza Suite'
Boston theatergoers recently said they had “the best time of their lives” at the play.
Antônio Carlos Jobim's music finally coming to Broadway
As far as I can tell, the one and only time an Antônio Carlos Jobim song was heard on Broadway was in Twyla Tharp's "Come Fly Away." The song was...